73R964 LJD-D
          By Saunders, et al.                                    H.J.R. No. 3
                                  A JOINT RESOLUTION
    1-1  proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by
    1-2  relinquishing and releasing any claim of sovereign ownership or
    1-3  title to a fractional interest in the Shelby, Frazier, and
    1-4  McCormick League (now located in Fort Bend and Austin counties)
    1-5  arising out of the voiding of a certain interest under a Mexican
    1-6  land grant.
    1-7        BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-8        SECTION 1.  Article VII of the Texas Constitution is amended
    1-9  by adding Section 2A to read as follows:
   1-10        Sec. 2A.  The State of Texas hereby relinquishes and releases
   1-11  any claim of sovereign ownership or title to an undivided one-third
   1-12  interest in and to the lands and minerals within the Shelby,
   1-13  Frazier, and McCormick League (now located in Fort Bend and Austin
   1-14  counties) arising out of the interest in that league originally
   1-15  granted under the Mexican Colonization Law of 1823 to John
   1-16  McCormick on or about July 24, 1824, and subsequently voided by the
   1-17  governing body of Austin's Original Colony on or about December 15,
   1-18  1830, and title to such interest in the lands and minerals is
   1-19  confirmed to the owners of the remaining interests in such lands
   1-20  and minerals.  This section is self-executing.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
   1-22  submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 2,
   1-23  1993.  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
   1-24  against the proposition:  "The constitutional amendment providing
    2-1  for the clearing of land titles by the release of a state claim in
    2-2  a fractional interest, arising out of the voiding of an interest
    2-3  under a Mexican land grant, to the owners of certain property in
    2-4  Fort Bend and Austin counties."